''Amblyscirtes fimbriata'', the orange-edged roadside skipper, is a species of
grass skipper in the
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Amblyscirtes fimbriata'':
* ''Amblyscirtes fimbriata fimbriata'' (Plötz, 1882)
* ''Amblyscirtes fimbriata pallida'' H. Freeman, 1993
References
Further reading
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External links
Hesperiinae
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Butterflies described in 1882
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